Damaged or delayed baggage

Delayed or lost baggage

We’re sorry that your baggage has been delayed. We’ll do everything we can to locate and return it as soon as possible. You’ll find all the information regarding the next steps to take below.

Report lost baggage

There are two available options:

Report your missing baggage before leaving the airport at the Brussels Airlines desk in the baggage reclaim area or at the airport’s Lost & Found office. You can find the details of our offices on the airport’s website. You will receive a unique reference number (for example: BRUSN12345) which we will use to trace your baggage. The more information you can give us about your baggage – the colour, model, brand, unique features, etc. – the better.

Report it online within 24 hours of your actual flight arrival time (English and German only). If you have already reported your missing baggage at the airport, there is no need to do this again online.

Please note that if you don’t send us this form, we won’t be able to start the extensive tracing process and you won’t be refunded if your baggage is considered lost. In addition, the sooner you send us the form, the sooner we can start the search and the sooner we can find your missing baggage.

Baggage is still missing after 21 days

In the unfortunate event that we are not able to locate your baggage after 21 days from receipt of the completed baggage inventory form, your baggage will be considered to be lost and you are entitled to compensation.

Send us your claim via this form. Please include invoices, bank statements, purchase receipts, etc., to prove the value of the items in your baggage.

Compensation for expenses

Have you had to buy additional items (toiletries, clothing, etc.) because your baggage was delayed? If so, you may be entitled to compensation.

Once your baggage has been returned to you, please complete this claim form as soon as possible. Please note that as per our General Conditions, this claim must reach us within 21 days after the delivery date of your baggage.

Need help?

We will gladly assist you with any questions concerning delayed or lost baggage on the following phone number: +32 2 723 23 16.
This number is reachable 24/7.
We offer assistance in English, French and Dutch.

Damaged baggage

Brussels Airlines and its agents handle all baggage with care. Nevertheless, damage may occur. Please find details of the process to follow in the event of damaged baggage below.

Report the damage at the airport

Please go to the Brussels Airlines desk in the baggage reclaim area or the airport’s Lost & Found office. You can find the details of our offices on the airport’s website. If you don’t report the damage at the airport, we won’t be able to repair the item or refund you.

You will be given a reference number and, in most of our European airports, you’ll receive a leaflet with the contact details of Dolfi, our contracted partner for repairs, which will repair your baggage on our behalf.

You can take your damaged baggage to a Dolfi shop where it will be repaired.

If there aren’t any Dolfi shops in your country or if you prefer to use another company, you may decide to take your baggage to another repair shop. If this is the case, please fill in the damaged baggage form and send it to us within 7 days of your baggage being damaged. Please enclose the following with the form:

copies of your ticket or boarding card

baggage tag(s)

repair costs

If the baggage cannot be repaired, please enclose confirmation from the repair shop, stating the value of the damaged baggage, its date of purchase, the baggage receipt and a picture of the damaged baggage.

Missing items

Items missing from hand baggage

If some items are missing from your hand baggage, remember that a carrier cannot be held liable for damage (including pilferage) to luggage not entrusted to the carrier, unless in case of fault by the carrier.

Items missing from checked baggage

If some items are missing from your registered bag, you can send a written claim to the carrier within 7 days from receipt of luggage.

In accordance with the stipulations of the Montreal Convention, the liability of the carrier could partially or fully be excluded in case of fragile or perishable items, food, statutes and art items, money, keys, jewellery, precious metals, computers, camera’s, medication, mobile phones, personal electronic devices, negotiable papers, securities or other valuables, business documents, passports and other identification documents or samples, etc… in your registered baggage.

Please send us the claim form together with the following documents within 7 days of receipt of your baggage:

a list of the missing item(s), together with the year of purchase (invoices, bank statements, etc.)